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The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.

William Howard Taft

My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world is in the trade between the east and the west coast of the United States.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Greatness Impression Introduction Revolution Trade
The game of baseball is a clean, straight game, and it summons to its presence everybody who enjoys clean, straight athletics. It furnishes amusement to the thousands and thousands.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Amusement Athletics Cleaning Enjoyment Game Presence Straight
We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Decent Exercise Government Power
I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Court God Heaven Judgement Love
The Masonic system represents a stupendous and beautiful fabric, founded on universal purity, to rule and direct our passions, to have faith and love in God, and charity toward man.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Charity Faith God Love Man Purity Representation System Universal
When the history of this period is written, [William Jennings] Bryan will stand out as one of the most remarkable men of his generation and one of the biggest political men of our country.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Country History Ourselves Period Remark Stand
Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Country Cut Place
Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Candidate Majority Myself President
No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Human Nature People Quite Rule Strong
The true Mason does not hold or teach the attitude that, I am a Master Mason now and thus I no longer need to be concerned with using the working tools because they were given in the earlier degrees.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Attitude Degree Early Hold Need Teaching
The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Character Condition Perfection Responsibility Strive True
We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Courage Dare Greatness High Realization Sacrifice
I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Believe Divine Subscription
I’ll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Myself People President Profession Simplicity Talk Tired
The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Cleaning Game Sports
The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow. He cannot make business good, although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Cloud Growth Politics President Rain Way

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